Genesis 2:24

Which verses does Genesis 2:24 point to?

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1. Matthew 19:3–994 votes

   Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ …

2. Ephesians 5:28–3177 votes

   In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. …

3. Mark 10:6–1254 votes

   However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, …

4. Romans 7:243 votes

   For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

5. 1 Peter 3:1–734 votes

   Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. …

6. 1 Corinthians 7:2–426 votes

   But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. …

7. 1 Corinthians 6:16–1723 votes

   Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

8. Proverbs 31:1020 votes

   A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

9. Malachi 2:14–1620 votes

   Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. …

10. 1 Corinthians 7:10–1117 votes

    To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

11. Proverbs 12:414 votes
12. Leviticus 22:12–137 votes
13. Psalm 45:107 votes
14. 1 Timothy 5:145 votes
15. Genesis 24:58–594 votes
16. Deuteronomy 4:43 votes
17. Deuteronomy 10:203 votes
18. Genesis 31:14–152 votes
19. Joshua 23:82 votes
20. Acts 11:231 vote

Which verses point to Genesis 2:24?

The 10 strongest of 31.

• Hebrews 13:4 77
• 1 Peter 3:7 60
• Romans 7:2 54
• Matthew 19:5 49
• Genesis 1:27 48
• Ephesians 5:25 47
• Colossians 3:19 42
• Ephesians 5:28 32
• Mark 10:7 21
• Ephesians 5:31 20